73. Pork And Beans – Weezer

Ah, the ol’ ‘middle finger’ approach to songwriting, it’s bliss. Generally these types of songs come when the songwriter is royally pissed off. In this case, Rivers Cuomo was told by his record executives that Weezer needed more commercial material. That being said, Cuomo wrote this song about standing up for himself, about the triviality of the record industry and above all, defiance.

It’s ironic really, and slightly annoying to me, how bands can be told they need to be more ‘commercial friendly’ and instantly write a hit song. It makes me wonder, “Why couldn’t they do that before? Why did they wait to be told?”. But it also makes me realise that there is a reason these songs were written. By any measure, this song is wonderful. The music is typical thumping Weezer and the lyrics are once again, typical Weezer. You could not get a more Weezer-ish song if you tried.

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